(2) There is no safety fence in Victoria Falls Scenic Area, so pay attention to anti-skid when taking photos. When entering wildlife reserves and wildlife parks, you should follow the instructions of the tour guide, and it is best not to contact wild animals directly to prevent accidents.
(3) Zimbabwe is short of foreign exchange, and traveler's checks cannot guarantee the withdrawal of foreign exchange cash.
(4) When taking photos in Zimbabwe, you should avoid sensitive areas such as military facilities, American embassies, presidential palaces, parliament buildings and government departments. Presidential Palace Road is not allowed to open to traffic after 6 pm.
(5) Tourists in Zimbabwe should try to avoid going out alone at night and call 995. When staying in the nature reserve, you must never leave the campsite at night.
Etiquette precautions:
1. Zimbabweans pay more attention to etiquette, are warm and friendly to foreign guests, and respect and be humble to the elderly and women. In social situations, use words such as "hello", "please", "thank you", "sorry" and "sorry". Visiting friends or attending social activities should be agreed in advance and arrive on time. You are not allowed in without permission. Zimbabweans have the habit of sending flowers in person. The bouquet must be beautifully tied. After meeting, it is considered elegant and polite to bow modestly, send a bunch of flowers and say some words of blessing.
Zimbabweans generally don't invite foreigners to their home. Whether it is a business banquet or a treat between friends, most of them invite guests to restaurants and hotels for dinner, and often use western food to implement each other. If Zimbabweans invite you to their home, it shows that they regard you as a close friend, and they will treat you warmly with traditional meals. However, there are some local customs of being invited as guests, and guests should pay attention. The staple foods processed by Zimbabweans are mostly rice, bread and snacks, while non-staple foods such as meat and vegetables are fried, fried, roasted and fried in the traditional local way to make various flavors of delicacies. Drinks include milk, coffee, fruit juice and mineral water. After dinner, the guests were invited to taste various local tropical fruits. When eating, no matter what kind of food is served by the host, the guests should show a happy expression and sincerely thank the host for his hospitality, which is a popular local way to show respect for the host. Even if the guests feel that a dish is not to their taste, or even that it is difficult to serve it next time, they should eat more happily so as not to disappoint the host.
In the process of eating, guests should not eat too much rice at a time. When they start to make progress, they should put some on their plates and eat some after eating. If the host adds a dish for the guest, even if the guest thinks a dish is not to the taste, he should not show any refusal. Holding the plate in his hands, he said, "Thank you, I have eaten a lot today." After the host listened, he stopped adding this dish. Pay attention to elegance when eating, don't bury yourself in delicious food and ignore your host, don't make a sound when eating, and don't make a sound when drinking soup. If the food is too hot, you can't blow it with your mouth. You can eat it for a while before it cools down. When you have food in your mouth, don't talk to your host while chewing. In Zimbabwe, besides Muslims, local people like to entertain guests with all kinds of wine, and it is popular to strictly observe the habit of toasting each other with China people to enliven the atmosphere, show friendship and exchange feelings. Guests need to control the amount of alcohol they drink to within 1/3 of their own amount of alcohol. They should not drink as much as they like, drink too much, or even lose their manners after drinking, which is regarded as a sign of disrespect to people in the local area.
In many Zimbabwean families, the host will give the guests a gift or a bunch of flowers before the banquet, and the guests should accept it politely and sincerely thank the host.